Patent and Trademark Public Advisory Committees, 37580-37581 [2016-13765]

Download as PDF 37580 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 112 / Friday, June 10, 2016 / Notices Dated: June 6, 2016. Robert Bahr, Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy, United States Patent and Trademark Office. [FR Doc. 2016–13764 Filed 6–9–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–16–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE United States Patent and Trademark Office [Docket No. PTO–P–2016–0020] Patent and Trademark Public Advisory Committees United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce. ACTION: Notice and request for nominations for the Patent and Trademark Public Advisory Committees. AGENCY: On November 29, 1999, the President signed into law the Patent and Trademark Office Efficiency Act (the ‘‘Act’’), Public Law 106–113, which, among other things, established two Public Advisory Committees to review the policies, goals, performance, budget and user fees of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) with respect to patents, in the case of the Patent Public Advisory Committee, and with respect to trademarks, in the case of the Trademark Public Advisory Committee, and to advise the Director on these matters (now codified at 35 U.S.C. 5). The America Invents Act Technical Corrections Act made several amendments to the 1999 Act, including the requirement that the terms of the USPTO Public Advisory Committee members be realigned by 2014, so that December 1 be used as the start and end date, with terms staggered so that each year three existing terms expire and three new terms begin on December 1. Through this Notice, the USPTO is requesting nominations for up to three (3) members of the Patent Public Advisory Committee, and for up to three (3) members of the Trademark Public Advisory Committee, for terms of three years that begin on December 1, 2016. DATES: Nominations must be postmarked or electronically transmitted on or before July 25, 2016. ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to submit nominations should send the nominee’s ´ resume by postal mail to Vikrum D. Aiyer, Chief of Staff, Office of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO, Post Office Box 1450, Alexandria, Virginia 22313–1450 or by electronic mail to: PPACnominations@uspto.gov asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:02 Jun 09, 2016 Jkt 238001 for the Patent Public Advisory Committee, or TPACnominations@ uspto.gov for the Trademark Public Advisory Committee. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vikrum D. Aiyer, Chief of Staff, Office of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO, at (571) 272–8600. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Advisory Committees’ duties include: • Review and advise the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO on matters relating to policies, goals, performance, budget, and user fees of the USPTO relating to patents and trademarks, respectively; and • Within 60 days after the end of each fiscal year: (1) Prepare an annual report on matters listed above; (2) transmit the report to the Secretary of Commerce, the President, and the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Representatives; and (3) publish the report in the Official Gazette of the USPTO. Advisory Committees The Public Advisory Committees are each composed of nine (9) voting members who are appointed by the Secretary of Commerce (the ‘‘Secretary’’) and serve at the pleasure of the Secretary for three-year terms. Members are eligible for reappointment for a second consecutive three-year term. The Public Advisory Committee members must be citizens of the United States and are chosen to represent the interests of diverse users of the United States Patent and Trademark Office with respect to patents, in the case of the Patent Public Advisory Committee, and with respect to trademarks, in the case of the Trademark Public Advisory Committee. Members must represent small and large entity applicants located in the United States in proportion to the number of applications filed by such applicants. The Committees must include individuals with ‘‘substantial background and achievement in finance, management, labor relations, science, technology, and office automation.’’ 35 U.S.C. 5(b)(3). Each of the Public Advisory Committees also includes three (3) non-voting members representing each labor organization recognized by the USPTO. Administration policy discourages the appointment of federally registered lobbyists to agency advisory boards and commissions (Lobbyists on Agency Boards and Commissions, https:// www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2009/09/23/ lobbyist-agency-boards-andcommissions (Sept. 23, 2009)); cf. Exec. PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Order No. 13490, 74 FR 4673 (January 21, 2009) (While Executive Order 13490 does not specifically apply to federally registered lobbyists appointed by agency or department heads, it sets forth the Administration’s general policy of decreasing the influence of special interests in the Federal Government). Procedures and Guidelines of the Patent and Trademark Public Advisory Committees Each newly appointed member of the Patent and Trademark Public Advisory Committees will serve for a three-year term that begins on December 1, 2015, and ends on December 1, 2018. As required by the 1999 Act, members of the Patent and Trademark Public Advisory Committees will receive compensation for each day (including travel time) while the member is attending meetings or engaged in the business of that Advisory Committee. The enabling statute states that members are to be compensated at the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay in effect for level III of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of Title 5, United States Code. Committee members are compensated on an hourly basis, calculated at the daily rate. While away from home or regular place of business, each member shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by Section 5703 of Title 5, United States Code. Applicability of Certain Ethics Laws Public Advisory Committee Members are Special Government Employees within the meaning of Section 202 of Title 18, United States Code. The following additional information includes several, but not all, of the ethics rules that apply to members, and assumes that members are not engaged in Public Advisory Committee business more than 60 days during any period of 365 consecutive days. • Each member will be required to file a confidential financial disclosure form within thirty (30) days of appointment. 5 CFR 2634.202(c), 2634.204, 2634.903, and 2634.904(b). • Each member will be subject to many of the public integrity laws, including criminal bars against representing a party in a particular matter that came before the member’s committee and that involved at least one specific party. 18 U.S.C. 205(c); see also 18 U.S.C. 207 for post-membership bars. A member also must not act on a matter in which the member (or any of certain closely related entities) has a financial interest. 18 U.S.C. 208. E:\FR\FM\10JNN1.SGM 10JNN1 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 112 / Friday, June 10, 2016 / Notices • Representation of foreign interests may also raise issues. 35 U.S.C. 5(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. 219. Meetings of the Patent and Trademark Public Advisory Committees Meetings of each Advisory Committee will take place at the call of the respective Committee Chair to consider an agenda set by that Chair. Meetings may be conducted in person, telephonically, on-line through the Internet, or by other appropriate means. The meetings of each Advisory Committee will be open to the public except each Advisory Committee may, by majority vote, meet in executive session when considering personnel, privileged, or other confidential information. Nominees must have the ability to participate in Committee business through the Internet. Dated: June 3, 2016. Michelle K. Lee, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. [FR Doc. 2016–13765 Filed 6–9–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–16–P After consideration of the relevant matter presented, the Committee has determined that the products and services listed below are no longer suitable for procurement by the Federal Government under 41 U.S.C. 8501–8506 and 41 CFR 51–2.4. Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification I certify that the following action will not have a significant impact on a substantial number of small entities. The major factors considered for this certification were: 1. The action will not result in additional reporting, recordkeeping or other compliance requirements for small entities. 2. The action may result in authorizing small entities to furnish the products and services to the Government. 3. There are no known regulatory alternatives which would accomplish the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 8501–8506) in connection with the products and services deleted from the Procurement List. End of Certification COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED Procurement List; Deletions Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled. ACTION: Deletions from the Procurement List. AGENCY: The Committee is proposing to delete products and services from the Procurement List that were previously furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities. DATES: Effective July 10, 2016 ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, 1401 S. Clark Street, Suite 715, Arlington, Virginia 22202–4149. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barry S. Lineback, Telephone: (703) 603–7740, Fax: (703) 603–0655, or email CMTEFedReg@AbilityOne.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: Deletions On 4/22/2016 (81 FR 23682), 5/6/2016 (81 FR 27419–27420), and 5/20/2016 (81 FR 31917–31918), the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled published notices of proposed deletions from the Procurement List. VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:02 Jun 09, 2016 Jkt 238001 Accordingly, the following products and services are deleted from the Procurement List: Products NSN(s)—Product Name(s): 8415–01–580–0038—Cover, Helmet, Advanced Combat, Multi Camouflage, Large/X-Large 8415–01–580–0064—Cover, Helmet, Advanced Combat, Multi Camouflage, Small/Medium 8415–01–580–0074—Cover, Helmet, Advanced Combat, Multi Camouflage, XX-Large Mandatory Source(s) of Supply: Mount Rogers Community Services Board, Wytheville, VA Lions Volunteer Blind Industries, Inc., Morristown, TN Contracting Activities: Army Contracting Command—Aberdeen Proving Ground, Natick Contracting Division, Natick, MA Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, PA NSN(s)—Product Name(s): 7510–01–463–1985—Jumbo Refill, Ballpoint Pen ‘‘Aristocrat’’ 7510–01–463–1987—Jumbo Refill, Ballpoint Pen ‘‘Aristocrat’’ 7510–01–463–1988—Jumbo Refill, Ballpoint Pen ‘‘Aristocrat’’ 7510–01–463–1989—Jumbo Refill, Ballpoint Pen ‘‘Aristocrat’’ 7520–01–446–4500—Pen, Retractable, Cushion Grip, Exec. ‘‘Aristocrat’’ 7520–01–446–4503—Pen, Retractable, Cushion Grip, Exec. ‘‘Aristocrat’’ 7520–01–446–4504—Pen, Retractable, Cushion Grip, Exec. ‘‘Aristocrat’’ PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 37581 7520–01–446–4505—Pen, Retractable, Cushion Grip, Exec. ‘‘Aristocrat’’ Mandatory Source(s) of Supply: Industries of the Blind, Inc., Greensboro, NC Contracting Activity: General Services Administration, New York, NY NSN(s)—Product Name(s): 7530–01–555– 2906—Paper, Tabulating Machine Mandatory Source(s) of Supply: Tarrant County Association for the Blind, Fort Worth, TX Contracting Activity: General Services Administration, New York, NY NSN(s)—Product Name(s): 7530–00–800– 0996—Paper, Tabulating Machine Mandatory Source(s) of Supply: The Lighthouse for the Blind, St. Louis, MO Tarrant County Association for the Blind, Fort Worth, TX Contracting Activity: General Services Administration, New York, NY Services Service Type: Document Destruction Service Mandatory for: Internal Revenue Service: St. Paul Headquarters, Minneapolis, MN Mandatory Source(s) of Supply: AccessAbility, Inc., Minneapolis, MN Contracting Activity: Dept. of the Treasury, Washington, DC Service Type: Janitorial/Custodial Service Service Mandatory For: Middle River Depot, 2800 Eastern Blvd., Baltimore, MD Mandatory Source(s) of Supply: The Chimes, Inc., Baltimore, MD Contracting Activity: GSA/PBS/R03 Regional Contracts Support Services Section, Philadelphia, PA Barry S. Lineback, Director, Business Operations. [FR Doc. 2016–13769 Filed 6–9–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6353–01–P COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED Procurement List; Proposed Additions and Deletion Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled. ACTION: Proposed additions to and deletion from the procurement list. AGENCY: The Committee is proposing to add products and services to the Procurement List that will be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes a product previously furnished by such agency. Comments must be received on or before: 7/10/2016. ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, 1401 S. Clark Street, Suite 715, Arlington, Virginia, 22202–4149. SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\10JNN1.SGM 10JNN1

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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 112 (Friday, June 10, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37580-37581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13765]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

United States Patent and Trademark Office

[Docket No. PTO-P-2016-0020]

Patent and Trademark Public Advisory Committees

AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice and request for nominations for the Patent and Trademark
Public Advisory Committees.

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SUMMARY: On November 29, 1999, the President signed into law the Patent
and Trademark Office Efficiency Act (the ``Act''), Public Law 106-113,
which, among other things, established two Public Advisory Committees
to review the policies, goals, performance, budget and user fees of the
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) with respect to
patents, in the case of the Patent Public Advisory Committee, and with
respect to trademarks, in the case of the Trademark Public Advisory
Committee, and to advise the Director on these matters (now codified at
35 U.S.C. 5). The America Invents Act Technical Corrections Act made
several amendments to the 1999 Act, including the requirement that the
terms of the USPTO Public Advisory Committee members be realigned by
2014, so that December 1 be used as the start and end date, with terms
staggered so that each year three existing terms expire and three new
terms begin on December 1. Through this Notice, the USPTO is requesting
nominations for up to three (3) members of the Patent Public Advisory
Committee, and for up to three (3) members of the Trademark Public
Advisory Committee, for terms of three years that begin on December 1,
2016.

DATES: Nominations must be postmarked or electronically transmitted on
or before July 25, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to submit nominations should send the
nominee's resum[eacute] by postal mail to Vikrum D. Aiyer, Chief of
Staff, Office of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual
Property and Director of the USPTO, Post Office Box 1450, Alexandria,
Virginia 22313-1450 or by electronic mail to: PPACnominations@uspto.gov
for the Patent Public Advisory Committee, or TPACnominations@uspto.gov
for the Trademark Public Advisory Committee.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vikrum D. Aiyer, Chief of Staff,
Office of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and
Director of the USPTO, at (571) 272-8600.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Advisory Committees' duties include:
Review and advise the Under Secretary of Commerce for
Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO on matters relating to
policies, goals, performance, budget, and user fees of the USPTO
relating to patents and trademarks, respectively; and
Within 60 days after the end of each fiscal year: (1)
Prepare an annual report on matters listed above; (2) transmit the
report to the Secretary of Commerce, the President, and the Committees
on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Representatives; and
(3) publish the report in the Official Gazette of the USPTO.

Advisory Committees

The Public Advisory Committees are each composed of nine (9) voting
members who are appointed by the Secretary of Commerce (the
``Secretary'') and serve at the pleasure of the Secretary for three-
year terms. Members are eligible for reappointment for a second
consecutive three-year term. The Public Advisory Committee members must
be citizens of the United States and are chosen to represent the
interests of diverse users of the United States Patent and Trademark
Office with respect to patents, in the case of the Patent Public
Advisory Committee, and with respect to trademarks, in the case of the
Trademark Public Advisory Committee. Members must represent small and
large entity applicants located in the United States in proportion to
the number of applications filed by such applicants. The Committees
must include individuals with ``substantial background and achievement
in finance, management, labor relations, science, technology, and
office automation.'' 35 U.S.C. 5(b)(3). Each of the Public Advisory
Committees also includes three (3) non-voting members representing each
labor organization recognized by the USPTO. Administration policy
discourages the appointment of federally registered lobbyists to agency
advisory boards and commissions (Lobbyists on Agency Boards and
Commissions, https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2009/09/23/lobbyist-agency-boards-and-commissions (Sept. 23, 2009)); cf. Exec. Order No. 13490, 74
FR 4673 (January 21, 2009) (While Executive Order 13490 does not
specifically apply to federally registered lobbyists appointed by
agency or department heads, it sets forth the Administration's general
policy of decreasing the influence of special interests in the Federal
Government).

Procedures and Guidelines of the Patent and Trademark Public Advisory
Committees

Each newly appointed member of the Patent and Trademark Public
Advisory Committees will serve for a three-year term that begins on
December 1, 2015, and ends on December 1, 2018. As required by the 1999
Act, members of the Patent and Trademark Public Advisory Committees
will receive compensation for each day (including travel time) while
the member is attending meetings or engaged in the business of that
Advisory Committee. The enabling statute states that members are to be
compensated at the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay in
effect for level III of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of
Title 5, United States Code. Committee members are compensated on an
hourly basis, calculated at the daily rate. While away from home or
regular place of business, each member shall be allowed travel
expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by
Section 5703 of Title 5, United States Code.

Applicability of Certain Ethics Laws

Public Advisory Committee Members are Special Government Employees
within the meaning of Section 202 of Title 18, United States Code. The
following additional information includes several, but not all, of the
ethics rules that apply to members, and assumes that members are not
engaged in Public Advisory Committee business more than 60 days during
any period of 365 consecutive days.
Each member will be required to file a confidential
financial disclosure form within thirty (30) days of appointment. 5 CFR
2634.202(c), 2634.204, 2634.903, and 2634.904(b).
Each member will be subject to many of the public
integrity laws, including criminal bars against representing a party in
a particular matter that came before the member's committee and that
involved at least one specific party. 18 U.S.C. 205(c); see also 18
U.S.C. 207 for post-membership bars. A member also must not act on a
matter in which the member (or any of certain closely related entities)
has a financial interest. 18 U.S.C. 208.

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Representation of foreign interests may also raise issues.
35 U.S.C. 5(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. 219.

Meetings of the Patent and Trademark Public Advisory Committees

Meetings of each Advisory Committee will take place at the call of
the respective Committee Chair to consider an agenda set by that Chair.
Meetings may be conducted in person, telephonically, on-line through
the Internet, or by other appropriate means. The meetings of each
Advisory Committee will be open to the public except each Advisory
Committee may, by majority vote, meet in executive session when
considering personnel, privileged, or other confidential information.
Nominees must have the ability to participate in Committee business
through the Internet.

Dated: June 3, 2016.
Michelle K. Lee,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of
the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2016-13765 Filed 6-9-16; 8:45 am]
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